Beverage cooling and dispensing apparatus



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UNITED STATES 1,626,935 PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK w. HOLDERLE AND CARL L. I-IOLDERLE, or noonns'rna, NEW YORK.

BEVERAGE COOLING AND DISPENSING APPARATUS.

Application filed January 18, 1926. Serial No. 82,033.

Our invention relates to a beverage cooling and dispensing apparatus,and has for its purpose to provide a practicable outfit of simple andeconomical construction, embodying a convenient arrangement of syrup orcooler and draft arm or sink units that is readily adaptable to anystore arrangement.

A primary purpose of the invention is to so construct a central syrupholdin and cooler compartment unit that a draft arm and sink unit isreversible, and can be attached at either end of the central unit, thuspermitting the apparatus to be used on either side of a standard icecream cabinet.

Another object of our invention is to af-' ford a construction havingmaximum cooling and serving capacity, occupying a minimum floor space,and making it possible for an attendant to have access to and operateall parts quickly and conveniently.

A further purpose of the improvement is to afford a drain board whichcan be reversibly located adjacent to a rinsing sink at either end of acentral unit, and which normally functions as a cover for part of thecooler compartment while being slidable over the rinsing sink whenaccess is required to the cooler compartment.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a cooler compartmentwith a plurality of cover sections which are slidable andinterchangeable, one of such covers serving as a carrier for a series ofcrushed fruit containers and being slidable endwise of the coolercompartment to permit access underneath, thus affording a maximumcooling chamber with easy access to any part thereof.

These and other advantages and features of the invention will appearfrom the following description, when read in conjunc tion with theaccompanying drawings, the novel features being pointed out in theclaims following the description;

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of one embodiment of our invention,showing the draft arm and rinsing sink unit in one position in fulllines and in its alternative position in dotted lines;

Figure 2 is a plan view illustrating the draft arm conductor pipes indotted lines;

Figure 3 is an end elevation. looking at the left hand end of Figure 1;v

Figure 4 is a similar View looking at the right hand end of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view on line 5-5 of Figure4, with parts in elevation, F gure 6 is a similar view with the coversections moved endwise to expose the right hand end of the coolercompartment;

Figure 7 is a sectional View on line 7-7 of Figure 2, and V Figure 8 isa sectional View on line 8 8 of Figure 2. Referring more particularly tothe drawings, in which like reference characters re for to similar partsin the several views, the structure herein disclosed, which is intendedmerely as exemplary of various commercial embodiments of theimprovements, includes a central, or syrup containing and coolercompartmentunit indicated generally at 1,

p and an end, or draft arm and rinsing sink,

unit 2. The latter 1s attached by any suit- I able means at one end ofthe central unit,

as shown in Figure 1, and this combination 1 of units affords an outfitthat can be used in conjunction with a standard ice cream cabinet toserve as a completesoda water and ice cream dispensing apparatus.

The location of the ice cream cabinet and other conditions in variousstores make it necessary sometimes to reverse the relationship of thecentral and end-units referred to, and with this in view, these partsare made independently and so constructed at their meeting faces thatthe draft arm and rinsing sinkunit may be attached at either end of thesyrup, or central, unit, as shown in dotted and'fu'll lines in Figure 1.This requires only a change in position of the leg 3 which ispermanently attached to the end unit 2, and after the position of thelatteris determined, it is fixedly attached to the central unit byscrewing it thereto or by other suitable fastening instrumentalities.The

central unit includes a series of syrup containers and pumps 4: at therear, beneath which is located a refrigeratlng machine 5 of anyconventional construction, while arranged in front and at one end of therefrigerating machine 5 is a cooler compartment 6 in which bottled goodsand other articles may be kept cold until required for use.

The end unit includes draft arms 7 and a J rinsing sink 8, the draftarms being fed from conductor pipes 9 which lead upwardly from a pointat the middle of the central unit 1, so that the pipes 9 can beconnected EH l coler compartment.

to the draft arms 7 with equal facility at either end of the centralunit 1, regardless of which end the draft arm unit 2 is located.

10 designates a drip pan under the draft arms 7, and 11 is a flange onthe central section '1 adapted to overlap the adjacent wall of the endsection. 12 and 13 designate the rear and trout edges ot the opening inthe cooler chamber, allording guideways for the cover sections. Therinsing sink 8, the top of which is tlnsh with the top of the coolercompartment, is cut away in its side wall adjacent to the coolercompartment, atl'ording uimbstrnc.ed front and rear walls 14 and 15which aline with and are continuations of the atoresaid walls 12 and 13.so that the top of the rinsing sink al'lords a guideway tor the slidablecover section of the cooler compartment when access to the latter isdesired.

The opening in the cooler compartment is normally clor by two coversections, one of which con ot a drain board. 16 and the other of whichis designated at 17 and carries a series of crushed 'lruit jars or containcrs '18 that extend downwardly into the 'lhe cover section 17overlaps the adjacent end 18 of the drain board when the parts are innormal posit-ion, as shown in Figure 2, and the opposite end 19 oi thedrain board overlaps the joint be tween the central and end sections soas to insure any water or waste liquid draining into the sink.

When access is desired to the portion or the cooler compartment beneaththe dam board 16,.the latter is moved along until it occupies a positionover the rinsing sink, as shown in Figure 6. Also if access is desiredto the portion of the cooler compartmentbeneath the jar supportingsection 17, the latter is moved along until it occupies the positionalso shown in Figure 6. In this manner, every part of the coolercompartment can be conveniently and quickly reached. The cover sections16 and 17 are interchangeable, and it the end section 12 is secured inthe position shown in dotted lines in Figure 1, the cover section 17normally occupies the position shown in Figure 6 while the drain board16 is positioned at the other end of the central unit and is reversed,so that it will still occupy the same relation to the cover section 17while being adapted for slidable movement over the rinsing sink when thelatter is positioned to the right of the central unit. By locating thecrushed fruit containers 18 in the cover section 17, they areconveniently accessible at all times, and their contents are maintainedcold while at the same time they occupy no additional space and do notinterfere with the use of the cooler compartment to its maximumcapacity. j

While the invention has been described neaaoee with reference to aparticular construction, it is not confined in its practical applicationto the precise arrangement and details shown, and this application isintended to cover any modifications or departures that come with in theintended purposes of our improve ments or the scope of the l'ollowinclaims.

o claim:

.1. In a beverage cooling and dispensing apparatus, the combination witha central cooler unit, of a reversible sink and draft arm end unitattachable at either end oi'f the central unit. and a drain boardreversibly positionable on the cooler unit so as to co-- operate with asink and draft arm unit at either end of the cooler unit.

2. In a beverage cooling and disj'iensing apparatus, the combinzdionwith a central cooler unit having both ends sii'nilarly con structed, ofan independentsink and dral't arm unit having both ends sin'iilarlyconstructed whereby the sink and draft arm unit is attachable at eitherend of the central unit, and a drain board reveri-iibly positionable onthe cooler unit so as to cooperate with a sink and dratlt arm unit ateither end of the cooler unit.

3. In a beverage cooling and dispensing apparatus, the combination witha central cooler unit, oi a reversible sink and draft arm unitattachable at either end of the central unit, and draft arm conductorpipes extending from the middle of the cooler unit whereby they can bebrought into operative relationship with a draft arm unit at either end,and a drain board reversibly positionable on the cooler unit so as tocooperate with a sink and draft arm unit at either end of the coolerunit.

4. In a beverage cooling and dispensing apparatus, the combination witha cooler compartment and rinsing sink, of a cover for the coolercompartment consisting of a drain board that is slidable over the sink.

5. In a beverage cooling and dispensing apparatus, the combination witha central unit having a cooler compartment, of a reversible sink anddraft arm unit that is attachable at either end of the central unit, anda cover for the cooler compartn'ient consisting of a slidable andreversible drain board that is positionable over either end of thecooler compartment adjacent to the sink and slidable to a position overthe sink to permit access to the cooler compartment.

6. In a beverage cooling and dispensing apparatus, the combination witha cooler compartment, of a sink adjacent to one end of the coolercompartment, the cooler conipartment having an opening of which thefront and rear edges constitute guideways forming continuations of thefront and rear walls oi the sink whereby the cooler compartment cover isslidable over the sink to permit access to the coolerCOITlPitl'tIIlGIlt.

ltll) 7. In a beverage cooling and dispensing apparatus, the combinationwith a cooler compartment, of a slidable cover for the coolercompartment, and a container mounted in said slidable cover andextending down into the cooling compartl'nent.

8. In a beverage cooling and dispensing apparatus, the combination witha cooler compartment, of a container holder constituting a cover for thecooler compartment and movable to permit access'thereunder t0 thecompartment.

9. In a beverage cooling and dispensing apparatus, the combination witha central cooler unit having a cooler compartment, of a reversible sinkand draft arm unit attachable at either end of the central unit, aslidable drain board constituting a cover for the cooler compartment,and a slidable container holder also constitutinga cover for the coolercompartment, the drain board being reversible and interchangeable withthe container holder to accommodate a sink at either end of the centralunit.

10. In a beverage cooling and dispensing apparatus, the combination witha central cooler unit having a cooler compartment, of a reversible sinkand draft arm unit attachable at either end of the central unit, aslidable drain board constituting a cover for the cooler compartment, aslidable container holder also constituting a cover for the coolercompartment, the drain board being reversible and interchangeable withthe container holder to accommodate a sink at either end oi the centralunit, and the contamer holder overlapping the ad acent edg( of the drainboard while the latter overlaps the adjacent edge of the sink when theparts are normally positioned.

11. The combination with a cooler compartment and adjacent rinsing sink,of a cover slidable along over the cooler compartment and over the sink.

In witness whereof, We have hereunto signed our names.

FREDERICK W. HOLDERLE. CARL L. HOLDERLE.

